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The German Constitutional Court is set to deliver a groundbreaking verdict on assisted suicide. DW met up with a man who is fighting for the legal right to decide for himself when and how he will die.
After weathering storms and saving shipwrecked migrants in the Mediterranean, the Ocean Viking is quarantined in Italy. DW’s Miodrag Soric documents the mission, the people saved and life on board a rescue vessel.
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Coronavirus hits Italy hardest in Europe - African importers shun China as Coronavirus persists – German president Steinmeier unveils Kenyan training center
Soon nearly 300 apprentices will receive training at this center in the Kenyan capital Nairobi each year. The German government is providing five and a half million euros for the project. German companies such as Bosch and Krones are also supporting the training center.
On this edition hosted by Robin Merrill, we look films competing at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival and the Netflix series 'Freud'; Placido Domingo issues an apology; composer Unsuk Chin tests some of the world's top musicians.
Social media are influencing the way women feel about their own bodies. Young women in particular are constantly being confronted with pictures of beautiful female bodies online - images which have almost always been digitally enhanced.
In Uganda, the outbreak of Coronavirus in China is forcing businesses to look elsewhere for imports. Despite appeals from counterparts in China that the situation is not as bad as portrayed by the media, many Ugandans are considering alternative import markets like India and Dubai.
Tesla's plan to build a huge new factory near Berlin has triggered a debate in Germany about protecting groundwater. In Delhi people have to queue for drinking water. Water parks are booming on Bali. Water scarcity is a global problem.
It takes 8,000 liters to make a pair of jeans: we use a lot more water than we realise. Virtual water is a term for water used to make products. In effect, we even import water from drought-stricken regions in coffee or meat. What can we do about it?
What should water cost? Who should provide it? Is it morally acceptable for companies to profit from selling it to those who need it? Sophia Maria Schmidt, involved in the Students4Water project, discusses the issues. She says the price should rise.
Millions of people in the capital of the Philippines don’t have enough clean water. To improve things the government plans to build a dam to supply Manila with 600m liters of water a day. But it would uproot many people from their village homes.
Bottled water is very big business. Water sommelier is a new kind of occupation. To practise it, one has to learn about all kinds of barely perceptible differences. We visited a training course.
Without water there would be no agriculture, no industry, no life. But a quarter of the world's population face water shortages. Climate change and population growth aggravate the situation. Do we have to rethink the water business?
An official inquiry finds the forced sterilization of HIV positive pregnant women in South Africa is a gross human rights violation +++ Nigerian film Eyimofe premieres at the Berlinale – we talk to the directors, Arie und Chuko Esiri.
The red carpet stars, perspectives from behind the scenes and the latest controversies: Discover every day the trending topics at the Berlin International Film Festival.
